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The Weekly Mixtape: 1/28/11

Kelly Stitzel January 28, 2011 11

I miss the days of going to the record store and eagerly snapping up every version of a single released so that I could collect all the non-album tracks of my favorite artists. While I like the remixes, covers and live versions of album tracks  that often show up on singles these days (if a proper single is released), nothing beats a true B-side — a great new song that, for one reason or another, got cut from an album’s tracklisting.

Here are some of my favorite B-sides for your enjoyment. And if you have a favorite B-side, make sure to tell me about it in the comments!

Beck – Salt in the Wound from Sexx Laws [Single] (2000)
Duran Duran – Late Bar from Planet Earth [Single] (1981)
Prince & the Revolution – Erotic City from Let’s Go Crazy [Single] (1984)
Deee-Lite – Riding on Through from Good Beat/E.S.P. [Single] (1992)
Gorillaz – Bill Murray from Feel Good Inc. [Single] (2005)
Wendy & Lisa – To Trip is To Fall from Waterfall [Single] (1987)
Frente! – Paper, Bullets, Walls from Labour of Love [EP] (1994)
Aimee Mann – Backfire from Humpty Dumpty [Single] (2002)
The Flaming Lips – Thank You Jack White (For the Fiberoptic Jesus That You Gave Me) from Fight Test [EP] (2003)
Belle & Sebastian – Stop, Look & Listen from I’m a Cuckoo [Single] (2004)
Fleetwood Mac – You and I, Part I from Big Love [Single] (1987)
Camera Obscura – Roman Holiday from Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken [Single] (2006)
Elliott Smith – A Living Will from Son of Sam [Single] (1998)
Rilo Kiley – Patiently from It’s a Hit [Single] (2004)
Pixies – Into the White from Here Comes Your Man [Single] (1989)
PJ Harvey – Bows & Arrows from B-Sides (2004)
Arcade Fire – Broken Window from Keep The Car Running [Single] (2007)
Björk – Sod Off from Jóga [Single] (1998)
Garbage – Afterglow from I Think I’m Paranoid [Single] (1998)
Madonna – Has to Be from Ray of Light [Single] (1998)
Portishead – Theme from “To Kill a Dead Man” from Glory Times [EP] (1995)
St. Vincent – Bicycle from Actor Out of Work [Single] (2009)
Ane Brun – Stop (feat. Liv Widell) from My Lover Will Go [Single] (2005)
Kate Bush – Under the Ivy from Running Up That Hill [Single] (1985)
Damien Rice – The Professor from The Blower’s Daughter [Single] (2003)
Tori Amos – Alamo from Talula [Single] (1996)

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After shutting down her own blog, Looking at Them, in mid-2008, Kelly migrated over to Popdose, bringing with her Soundtrack Saturday, the most popular column from her old site. In addition to Soundtrack Saturday, which is on an indefinite hiatus, Kelly also contributes reviews and musings on music, film and a variety of other topics. She also writes the semi-regular Filminism column, in which she discusses her favorite female characters in film. Kelly is also an aspiring comedy writer who is just beginning an adventure in stand-up comedy and as a student at the Second City in Chicago.

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  • keith

    What a great mix! Just like Radiohead, Kate Bush and Prince, The Foo Fighters consistently release stellar cover songs and originals as b-sides – among my favorites is “Winnebago” from their debut album and “I’m In Love With a German Film Star” off their Best of You single. One of the best b-sides ever is Jarvis Cocker’s “The Loss Adjuster” the 8-minute night of the apocalypse opus that backed the Fat Children 7-inch (the album contains excepts from it). It was cut so close to the edge of the vinyl, when I manually placed the needle, I discovered a hidden introduction.

    My latest b-sides treasure trove: of all acts, Girls Aloud (they have some some great Blur/Kaiser Chiefs-esque gems like Hoxton Heroes).

  • http://twitter.com/TheFiresOf The Fires Of

    So many from Oasis, with often unjustly-overlooked b-sides, but I’d go with either “Talk Tonight” or “Acquiesce” from Some Might Say [single] 1995.

  • Anonymous

    Great list, Kelly.

  • http://www.chimesfreedom.com Chimesfreedom

    Nice collection. I remember in the pre-Internet 1980s when I waited for every Springsteen song that it was great that he released a string of great B-sides, including Jersey Girl, Shut Out the Light, Johnny Bye Bye, and Janey Don’t You Lose Heart — four of my favorites. There was also his classic Christmas song, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, and the overrated Pink Cadillac.

  • Old_Davy

    Elton John released a bunch of great B-sides in the first half of the ’70′s. “Skyline Pigeon”, “Sick City”, “Young Man’s Blues”, “One Day At A Time”.

    The flip side of Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way” is the beautiful “Silver Springs” which for some unknown reason was left off of Rumours.

    “Hey Hey What Can I Do” – the b-side to Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” got a lot of airplay in the late ’70′s.

    They don’t call me OLD Davy for nuthin’.

  • Dave Lamb

    … “On Islands” by New Musik; “Endless Grey Ribbon” by Nick Lowe …

  • http://www.dieyuppieburger.tumblr.com Anthony

    ‘cottonmouth’ by throwing muses!

  • Dean

    I’ve always been partial to “Darby Hall” by the db’s-b-side to “Love Is For Lovers.”

  • Dean

    Sorry, I meant the dB’s.

  • jak

    awesome b-side mix! amazing taste.